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Sinéid Codd has a multidisciplinary practice. Colour and eclecticism are vital elements in all her work as is a developed use of narrative structures to articulate ideas. She explores relationship, time and place in personal, collaborative and site-specific projects.
Born Ayrshire, Scotland
Education
Fine Art BA (Hons) Winchester School of Art
Printmaking Post Graduate, Central School of Art & Design
Art Teachers Certificate, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Future exhibitions / projects
2012 site specific installation for ‘Surface 2′, Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London
2012 Making Waves, SoCo exhibition, Stade Hall, Hastings
Current exhibitions / projects
2012 Curwen at Thirty, Curwen & New Academy, London
Recent projects
2011 ‘Mapping London’ collaboration with students at Parayhouse School, London, for The Big Draw
2011 ‘Telling Stories’, Marine Studios, Margate. Funded by National Lottery through Arts Council England
2011 ‘Flock on the Beach’ participatory event for ‘Telling Stories’ exhibition, Margate
2011 watching you….watching me…. underground project space, Hastings
http://undergroundprojectspace.wordpress.com/
2011 Rarities 2011 collaboration with Alban Low, http://www.rarities2011.blogspot.com
2010 Brighton Open: Magnetic Brighton Fringe http://www.brightonopen.blogspot.com/
2010 artist curator of The Hastings Rarities Affair exhibition, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery: thirteen artists
re-interpret an ornithological museum collection. Funded by National Lottery through Arts Council England
2010 ‘Animal House’ installation for SoCo Collections Exhibition at Arthur Greens Gents Outfitters, Hastings
2010 ‘Flock’: a beach hut intervention for Place, Coastal Currents Arts Festival, Hastings & St Leonards
Recent solo exhibitions
2009 ‘underneath and in-between’, Curwen & New Academy, London
2007 ‘here & there’, Curwen & New Academy, London
Recent selected exhibitions
2011 Lie of the Land, SoCo exhibition for Coastal Currents, Conquest Hospital, Hastings
2011 Pushing Print, Margate
2011 ‘Surface’, Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London
2011 ‘Openings’ SoCo exhibition, Stade Hall, Hastings
2009 ‘Land’, Fairlight Place, Coastal Currents, Hastings
2009 Directors Choice, Curwen & New Academy, London
2007/8/9 SoCo exhibitions, Conquest Hospital, Hastings
2005 Images in the City, Geffrye Museum, London
2005 charity show, Curwen & New Academy, London
2005 ‘John Piper & Gallery Artists’, Curwen & New Academy, London
2005 Byard Art, Cambridge
2004 Originals 04 Contemporary Printmaking, Mall Galleries, London
Previous exhibitions
work curated by Jenni Lomax for the Whitechapel Gallery;
Mercury Gallery, Cork Street; Royal Academy Summer Show;
Bankside Browser, Tate Modern
Arts in health public art commissions
2011 ‘Colourflow’ for Harefield Hospital, commissioned by RB&HArts
2009 ‘from my grandmothers piano’, Conquest Hospital, Hastings
2008 ‘Colourgym’ Royal Brompton Hospital, commissioned by RB&HArts
2008 ‘Outside-In’, Miranda Barry Centre residency / commission, co-ordinated by RB Kensington & Chelsea
2005 ‘Sun and Moons’, Great Western Hospital Swindon
2004 ‘Framing a View’, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust
2001 Paintings in Hospitals, London
1997 ‘One Minute, 130 Years’, Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, co-ordinated by Vital Arts
Work in public / charity / corporate collections
National Maritime Museum; Hommerton Hospital, London; Royal London Hospital, London; Paintings in Hospitals; Great Western Hospital, Swindon; Miranda Barry Centre, London; Brit; Morris Homes
Arts in education workshops with galleries and museums
Tate Modern; Geffrye Museum; National Portrait Gallery; Globe Theatre;
British Museum; British Library; Serpentine Gallery; Chisenhale Gallery; Cuming Museum; Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
Previous projects
‘Happening Histories Project and CD ROM’, a collaboration with digital artist, Elvina Flower and people living on the Grosvenor Estate, Southeast London to map the area in stories, images and sound. Funded by Regional Arts Lottery Programme. 2000
Moving On, Willisnewson. Lead Artist for Participation.
Commissioned by the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Trust.
Devised, co-ordinated and facilitated arts consultation workshops in 14 facilities across the Trust. 2004
Happening Histories Project and CD ROM with Elvina Flower, 2000 - 02. A multi-media community mapping project with people living on the Grosvenor Estate, Southeast London. Funded by Southwark Council, Grosvenor Tenants Association and Regional Arts Lottery Program ( RALP) through London Arts
‘Tales from the Riverbank’, Cafe Gallery, 1995. Self-initiated community residency, collaborative intergenerational project and installation: local peoples’ memories and feelings about living by the River Thames in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe presented in the form of a perspex river running beneath floor level through the gallery. Audio recordings, found object collages, drawings and cast shadows. Funded by Sir John Cass Foundation; Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Newcommen Collet Trust
Publicity / media coverage
Telling Stories catalogue 2011 http://www.tellingstories.info
Projects with Royal Brompton Hospital, London:
http://www.rbht.nhs.uk/about/fundraising/arts/
Images from The Hastings Rarities Affair at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery included in a review of
http://www.coastalcurrents.org.uk/news/look-back-at-2010
Rarities 2011 public art project: article, blogspot and Coastal Currents Festival 2011 info:
http://hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/arts-culture/arts-news/magnetic-work
http://rarities2011.blogspot.com/p/st-leonards.html
http://www.coastalcurrents.org.uk/whats-on/pretty-crafty-4
work featured on Lobster & Swan blog:
http://blog.lobsterandswan.com/2011/06/trying-to-create/
Time Out guide for Brighton & Sussex:
http://www.eastmagazine.co.uk/whatson/sineid-codd-and-carly-ralph-ralph-flock-coastal-currents-20571
‘The Lost Ledger’ catalogue, The Hastings Rarities Affair exhibition 2010
work featured on a BBC slide show: Art’s Recuperative Power 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8014719.stm
‘On the Way’ article, Printmaking Today 2005
Tales from the Riverbank’ installation, Café Gallery, Southwark Park,
featured on Costing the Earth, Radio 4. 1995
‘The Dresses: an Archaeology of Childhood’
by The All Ladies No 1 Brush Team:
interview with Ian Dury for West End Arts on London Weekend TV 1994
The All Ladies No 1 Brush Team interview for Women’s Hour, Radio 4. 1994
Other work
Parayhouse School for pupils with moderate special needs, speech and communication difficulties. Head of Art (p/t) since 2005
ARTBRIDGE with Paintings in Hospitals: Project Manager, co-ordinating 18 artist residencies in care homes across London, funded by Bridge House Estates. 2000 - 2003
Artscape Project Manager. Managing a team of 12 artists; setting up projects in day centers and mental health units; running art workshop facility for and with members at ACAVA. 2000
Emslie Horniman Park. Co-ordinator for Public Art Programme, North Kensington Arts. Setting up art workshops with project artists and local community groups to relate to the newly designed park. 1999
Voluntary work
Westminster Arts Projects and Workshops Committee, Advisory Panel Member since 2005
Bermondsey Artists Group Council of Management member, 1995-98
Southwark Arts Forum Chair of Management Committee 1993-95, Committee member 1990-93
South Coast Artists (SoCo) co-opted member of committee 2012-